Leah DeGraw
826 RAMAPO AVENUE, POMPTON LAKES, NJ 07442
leahsdegraw@gmail.com (973) 513-0118 https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahdegraw/
EXPERIENCe
VIDEO PRODUCTION INTERN — SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY NEWS Syracuse, NY (January 2018-present) Assist in shooting weekly ‘Cuse Cast reports • Attend one/two events per week to film B-roll CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER — THE DAILY ORANGE Syracuse, NY (January 2018-present) Photograph two/three Graduate Student Organization meetings per month for print and online SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN — EFFIE’S PAPER Online (January 2017-August 2017) Curated photos for Instagram for upcoming product launch • Posted daily on Instagram account • Daily engagement on Instagram ASSISTANT DIRECTOR — INDEPENDENT FILM — “RIDES START AT 10” Ewing, NJ (January 2016-May 2017) Assisted director during shoots • Scouted locations for shoots • Recruited and worked with talent • Operated camera SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN — THE TAI LIFE MEDIA New York City, NY (May 2016-August 2016) Wrote one/two articles for the website weekly • Used Photoshop to create and edit images for Instagram • Posted daily on various social media platforms RACE FOR THE CURE INTERN — SUSAN G. KOMEN FOUNDATION Princeton, NJ (January 2016-May 2016) Created Team Captain Handbook for upcoming race using Microsoft Publisher • Curated race footage and created video PSAs using Final Cut Pro X • Edited photos using Photoshop to promote the race on Twitter PUBLICITY CHAIR — ZETA TAU ALPHA SORORITY Ewing, NJ (November 2015-November 2016) Shot and edited videos for events using Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere • Maintained all ZTA TCNJ social media platforms • Took pictures and videos at all sorority events
EDUCATION S.I. NEWHOUSE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Master’s degree – Public Relations Received scholarship THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY Bachelor’s degree – Communications (Radio, Television, Film) Dean’s List
Syracuse, NY (Summer 2018)
Ewing, NJ (May 2017)
SKILLS Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, InDesign, Lightroom, Dreamweaver • Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher • Final Cut Pro, camera equipment • Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, WordPress, LinkedIn • Certified in Hootsuite, Meltwater, Google Analytics, Cision • Google Calendar, Docs, Drive, Slides • HTML coding, MailChimp